HAVING recently sent a letter to one of its own carparks asking what it thought of a new project, Vincent council is tightening up community consultation.
Other failures have also highlighted the need for reform: Cr Emma Cole ran for council to improve the process after being told about a development near her just four days before it was approved. In another case neighbours next door to a big project on Fitzgerald Street, approved by the development assessment panel, weren’t asked what they thought.
“There has been complaints from the residents about the community consultation,” mayor John Carey concedes.
Under the new system everyone within 150m of a big project might be sent a letter.
by DAVID BELL
Perth Voice Interactive 
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